Virginia House Bill 2461 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-15 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Secretary of Finance; COVID-19 penalty reimbursements; sunset. Requires all state agencies to report to the Secretary of Finance the total amount of fines, fees, and interest imposed on individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, including any withdrawal, suspension, or cancellation of an individual's license or certification, resulting from violations of the Commonwealth's COVID-19 practices, guidelines, rules, or operating procedures and any state contracts that were not awarded as a result of noncompliance with the Commonwealth's COVID-19 guidelines. The bill also requires all state agencies to include in such report the fund into which such amounts were deposited. The bill directs the Secretary of Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretaries with responsibility for the impacted agencies, to develop a procedure to provide reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations up to the amount of fines, fees, or interest previously paid for such violations. The bill specifies that the procedure developed by the Secretary of Finance shall provide for the reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations of such amounts from the fund into which the original amounts were deposited. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2025. Secretary of Finance; COVID-19 penalty reimbursements; sunset. Requires all state agencies to report to the Secretary of Finance the total amount of fines, fees, and interest imposed on individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations, including any withdrawal, suspension, or cancellation of an individual's license or certification, resulting from violations of the Commonwealth's COVID-19 practices, guidelines, rules, or operating procedures and any state contracts that were not awarded as a result of noncompliance with the Commonwealth's COVID-19 guidelines. The bill also requires all state agencies to include in such report the fund into which such amounts were deposited. The bill directs the Secretary of Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretaries with responsibility for the impacted agencies, to develop a procedure to provide reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations up to the amount of fines, fees, or interest previously paid for such violations. The bill specifies that the procedure developed by the Secretary of Finance shall provide for the reimbursement to such individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations of such amounts from the fund into which the original amounts were deposited. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2025.

COVID-19; penalty reimbursements, sunset provision.

Sen. Tara Durant [R]

2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N) (Y: 10 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-15	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2461H1
2023-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23106161D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-02	House	Committee substitute printed 23106161D-H1
2023-02-02	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2023-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-30	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2023-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 23104547D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	211.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2461
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2461+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2461H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106161D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23106161D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2461F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2461FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1101V0031+HB2461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H11V0091+HB2461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1658+HB2461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0401+HB2461